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COVER/Matthew Pulver p. 1
The South’s victim complex
EDITORIAL p. 2
Health obstruction breeds contagion; Keep the Senate Democratic
JIM HIGHTOWER p. 3
Wall Street speculators wall off young farmers; Finding money to fund higher education for all; GOP boo-boo reveals secret corporate donors; Mendacity of GMO purveyors; Another nutty rant by Texas goober
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR p. 4
DON ROLLINS p. 4
Supreme Court allows Ohio’s anti-voting ploy
RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen p. 5
Making democracy work is our job
DISPATCHES p. 5
GOP still proud of obstructing health care;
FBI debunks ‘good guy with gun’ myth;
Better ways to spend $1T than on nukes;
$22B to fight ISIL same year food stamps cut;
In fight against ISIS, Islam part of solution;
It's not a skills shortage keeping wages down;
Boehner's welcome candor: No GOP jobs plan;
Plutocrats' choice loses in Brazil
...
FROMA HARROP p. 6
Democrats should be nicer to the South
JILL RICHARDSON p. 6
Build it and bikes will come
CALLY CARSWELL p. 6
Faces of the climate movement
GENE LYONS p. 7
Upside-down tea party dogma in Arkansas
JEFFREY YOUNG p. 7
Hospitals suffer
DAVID SIROTA p. 7
A pension jackpot for Wall Street
BOB BURNETT p. 8
What do Democrats want?
KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL p. 9
New Deal liberalism lives on
IAN REIFOWITZ p. 9
Republicans are in corporations’ pockets
DAVID DAYEN p. 10
Wall Street’s PR whopper
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet p. 10
Time for a moment
MARY SANCHEZ p. 11
NFL needs to consult black women
ELIAS ISQUITH p. 11
Obama loses the left
ROGER BYBEE p. 12
Corporate ‘consensus’ on offshoring, inversions
BILL SCHER p. 12
Midterm ad watch: Republicans run on nothing
JOAN WALSH p. 13
Eric Holder’s complex legacy
DEAN BAKER p. 13
Holder: Reason Robert Rubin isn’t behind bars
JESSE JACKSON p. 14
Muhammad Ali, hero of our time
SAM PIZZIGATI p. 14
Why an unequal planet can never be green
RANDOLPH T. HOLHUT p. 14
People power remains a potent force for change
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas p. 15
Over-the-counter contraceptives: The battle
SAM URETSKY p. 15
Conservatives have little use for science
ROBERT REICH p. 15
Why the economy is failing most Americans
WAYNE O’LEARY p. 16
The false promise of technology
JOHN BUELL p. 16
Stockholder buyback scam
JOHN YOUNG p. 16
Eric Holder’s heroic tenure
MARK WEISBROT p. 17
Hard choices
HEATHER DIGBY PARTON p. 17
‘American Dream’ is now a myth
JOE CONASON p. 18
Budget-busting, job-killing GOP governors
TINA DUPUY p. 18
Just agree to agree
WENDELL POTTER p. 18
Improve ‘patient experience’ by eliminating Big Insurance
PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader p. 19
Afghan voters choose a better future
TED RALL p. 19
‘Reluctant warrior,’ my foot
RICHARD BRODSKY p. 19
Bill de Blasio and living wage movement
EDWIN LYNGAR p. 20
The big ‘middle class’ rip-off
SETH SANDRONSKY p. 20
Cal’s paid sick leave law
ROB PATTERSON p. 21
Don’t dismiss actors because of their politics
POPULIST PICKS p. 21
Stuff white people like; 2-1/2 men; Simpsons
EDGE OF SPORTS/Dave Zirin p. 21
Head injuries, domestic violence in NFL
AMY GOODMAN p. 22
A force more powerful in Jefferson Co., Colo.
CONNIE SCHULTZ p. 22
May a million umbrellas bloom
JASON STANFORD p. 23
Bomb Mexico?
POET/Michael Silverstein p. 23
Our newest foreign war
Cover illustration by Dolores Cullen
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